It is coming
#11
No pilot means the blame is entirely on the airline and the manufacturer.
And that's not even beginning to talk about hacking and other kinds of sabotage this kind of thing would invite. Just recently Garmin got hit by basic ransomware attack that shut it down for 4 days. This is a very advanced technology company with quite a few mission critical divisions (including aviation). If they can be taken down by someone opening a dancing cat gif in a random email, what about your airline? Think of your average dispatcher or crew scheduler you talk to on the phone and think they have what it takes to thwart even the most basic hack?
tldr: Drones have been around for decades. I don't think technology is what's holding it back.
#13
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Freight haulers may have the cash flow at the moment, but I guarantee my employer won’t fork out the money for brand new A350s. Pilots flying functional Boeing products and old Airbus and Mad Dogs are way cheaper than buying a fleet of insanely automated 350s. Unless they could get them cheaper than a new -8 (or replacement for the MDs), it’s not gonna happen.
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Pilots "launched a nationwide advertising campaign detailing the intensifying issues at their airlines and the potential risks for Amazon Prime customers." There was a website warning customers with things like "Amazon Can't Deliver" or something similar - does anyone remember?
"The Amazon Air pilots who deliver your parcels are prepared to strike"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...epared-strike/
'It's a ticking time bomb':
https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...-pilots-2019-2
They get slammed for mistreating workers frequently in general as well.
"Inside the hellish workday of an Amazon warehouse employee"
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/inside...ouse-employee/
"The Amazon Air pilots who deliver your parcels are prepared to strike"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...epared-strike/
'It's a ticking time bomb':
https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...-pilots-2019-2
They get slammed for mistreating workers frequently in general as well.
"Inside the hellish workday of an Amazon warehouse employee"
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/inside...ouse-employee/
#18
Cargo won’t be needing any A350s anytime soon with all the other airlines dumping aircraft around the world. From a severe lack of pax aircraft to convert to a cargo layout to an immediate feast of carcasses available worldwide. Even 747-8i’s will most likely be dropped to be parked along side the already too late to capitalize on A380. What an upside down world.
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I just posted this elsewhere, but what do you see here?
https://youtu.be/piYnd_wYlT8
See whether or not a problem can be or can not be solved within a timeframe due to the amount of possibilities being introduced by every possible decision... it doesn’t matter. I see a turtle, you see a turtle, but the computer doesn’t. How can a program follow a set of routines and instructions it hasn’t been programmed to follow? Hint: it can’t. This video exploits that. Maybe one day with more machine learning breakthroughs, but not now.
Heck, if you can solve the p=np or p!=np math problem, the problem standing between computer decision making, the King of Denmark will pay you $1M. No joke.
https://youtu.be/piYnd_wYlT8
See whether or not a problem can be or can not be solved within a timeframe due to the amount of possibilities being introduced by every possible decision... it doesn’t matter. I see a turtle, you see a turtle, but the computer doesn’t. How can a program follow a set of routines and instructions it hasn’t been programmed to follow? Hint: it can’t. This video exploits that. Maybe one day with more machine learning breakthroughs, but not now.
Heck, if you can solve the p=np or p!=np math problem, the problem standing between computer decision making, the King of Denmark will pay you $1M. No joke.
#20
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Joined APC: Dec 2011
Position: A320 FO
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Pilots "launched a nationwide advertising campaign detailing the intensifying issues at their airlines and the potential risks for Amazon Prime customers." There was a website warning customers with things like "Amazon Can't Deliver" or something similar - does anyone remember?
"The Amazon Air pilots who deliver your parcels are prepared to strike"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...epared-strike/
'It's a ticking time bomb':
https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...-pilots-2019-2
They get slammed for mistreating workers frequently in general as well.
"Inside the hellish workday of an Amazon warehouse employee"
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/inside...ouse-employee/
"The Amazon Air pilots who deliver your parcels are prepared to strike"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...epared-strike/
'It's a ticking time bomb':
https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...-pilots-2019-2
They get slammed for mistreating workers frequently in general as well.
"Inside the hellish workday of an Amazon warehouse employee"
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/inside...ouse-employee/
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